After reading chapters 1 and 2 in the Curious Writer book‚ I discovered a few things about my writing habits. I tend to write safe‚ only because I struggle with writing and for a while I did not enjoy it. However‚ I know the importance of writing so when I need to write something it takes me twice as long as it should because I constantly second guess what I previously had wrote. Following my tendency of writing safe‚ I also procrastinate. I know I choose to procrastinate with assignments‚ writing
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Edgar Allan Poe: The Alcoholic Writer Edgar Allan Poe is considered one of America’s most influential writers. Some people refer to him as the “Father of the American detective story” (Giordano 2005). His stories are thrilling and full of death‚ insanity‚ and darkness‚ which caused Americans to see a different side of the Romantic genre in literature. Many suggest that the reason behind Poe’s eerie tales was his alcoholism. Poe was born January 19‚ 1809 in Boston‚ Massachusetts. He was the
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Rhetorical Analysis: Freedom Writers The movie “Freedom Writers” is based on a true story. Hilary Swank as Erin Gruwell plays an inspirational teacher at Wilson High School. She is ready to take on the teaching world as she steps inside Wilson High School for her first day. Her class‚ varied with teenagers of different ethnic backgrounds‚ wants nothing more than to just get through the day. African Americans‚ Latinos‚ Asians‚ gang members‚ and much more are from poor neighborhoods‚ that all share
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Why Reading Makes You a Better Writer When a football player reviews video tape of practice or a game he is not only looking for what he did that was good‚ but also what he did badly. He is looking for mistakes that can be avoided or corrected‚ thus making him a better player. This same concept proves true when a writer reads material whether it be good or bad. In Stephen King’s memoir On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft he explains the importance and relevancy of reading all types of material to
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Prewriting is a rough draft for writers to jot down a working thesis statement along with some topic sentences to support the overall idea of a paper. I would usually brainstorm for a thesis statement and start writing right away. As a result‚ I would always fumble around for topic sentence
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Diana Arrowood EDU-215 Education Foundations and Framework 31-Oct-2011 (O101) November 14‚ 2011 Lisa DeBow How Do Media Writers Influence Society? The Media most certainly has an effect on our society. There are many ways that a writer can manipulate and control the message of today’s news. The influence and impact it has on society could be positive and negative. The media is what informs us of daily events and significant things we need to carry out our day. The media keeps us connected
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Freedom Writers Diary Movie Questions 1. Eva’s view of herself and her people is that their nationality is competing with other races because of the discrimination. When Eva is a child‚ she is taught by her father that she has to fight for her people. “An Aztec princess is chosen for her blood‚ to fight for her people‚ as Papi and his father fought‚ against those who say we are less than they are‚ who say we are not equal in beauty and in blessings”. 2. According to Eva her father is arrested for
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Book Report on the Freedom Writers Diary Ten years ago‚ The Freedom Writers Diary was published and soon became an international sensation. Today‚ more than one million people have read it‚ and they have even made it a motion picture starring Hilary Swank. As the freedom writers all graduated from high school and keep on advocating their deeds‚ the journey continues. Through the report I would like to divide them into four sections to discuss: origin‚ differentiation
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Chapter One. "The Motive for Metaphor." Frye begins by exploring the relation of language and literature. "What is the relation of English as the mother tongue to English as a literature?" he asks (p. 16)‚ and before he can give an answer‚ he has to explain why people use words. He identifies three different uses of language‚ which he also terms types or levels of language. 1. "The language of consciousness or awareness" is our means of "self-expression‚" our means of responding to the natural
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the way I write that I was not aware of. I have learned that I am not very confident in my own writing skills‚ and I need to work on my writer’s voice. The key topic I have learned that plays a huge role in the writing process is confidence. When writers are confident about their piece and they really love the way it has turned out‚ then it shows through the entire paper. I always tell my dance students that if they show the audience how much they love dancing‚ then more people will want to watch
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